The presentation of the NIC Gold Medal and NIC Silver Medal dates back more than 70 years, making it one of the oldest interfraternal traditions. The Gold Medal is the highest honor the Conference can bestow and recognizes lifelong service to the interfraternal community and/or the NIC. The Silver Medal recognizes exemplary service or leadership in a role or task that has advanced the fraternal movement.
2022 Gold Medal Honoree
Dr. Victor Boschini
CHANCELLOR, TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY (SIGMA NU FRATERNITY)

A fraternity man with a lifetime of service to higher education, Dr. Victor Boschini has made an impact on numerous institutions, organizations and communities. In 2003 Boschini began his tenure as the 10th Chancellor of Texas Christian University – where under his leadership the physical campus has been transformed, applications have more than doubled and the University completed the largest capital campaign in its history. A hallmark of his entire career though has been his unflinching belief in and demonstrable support of the Greek-letter movement for men and women, a notable example of which is one of the most significant institutional investments in fraternity and sorority housing in recent history at Texas Christian University.
Boschini has served as Chairman of the Big 12 Conference and Mountain West Conference as well as the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities. He has dedicated countless hours to serving on boards of the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, the Van Cliburn Foundation, Moncrief Cancer Institute, Fulbright Scholar Advisory Board and Mount Union University. His service and dedication have been recognized by the Institute of International Education as well as his own organization, Sigma Nu Fraternity.
2022 Gold Medal Honoree
Dr. Thomas Goodale
PAST EMINENT SUPREME RECORDER/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, SIGMA ALPHA EPSILON

A strong advocate for the fraternal movement throughout his career, Dr. Thomas Goodale is a notable educator and leader who supports students and professionals across the nation. He has spent his entire career as a student affairs administrator, faculty member and non-profit executive – with seven years spent as the Eminent Supreme Recorder/Executive Director for Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity. In all of his roles, he has remained positive with drive, energy and enthusiasm for student development principles and his work. His ability to inspire, motivate, serve and love others is unmatched; he gives 100% of himself every day and in every moment to those he leads and serves.
Co-founder of the Inter-Association Task Force on Alcohol and Other Substance Abuse Issues (now known as the Coalition of Higher Education Associations for Substance Abuse Prevention), BACCHUS (Boosting Alcohol Consciousness Concerning the Health of University Students) and GAMMA (Greeks Advocating the Mature Management of Alcohol), Goodale has a demonstrated passion for bettering the higher education industry as a whole.
Recognized by numerous organizations and institutions, Dr. Thomas Goodale’s lifetime of work has proven exceptional.
2022 Silver Medal Honoree
Betsy Corridan
CEO AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, KAPPA ALPHA THETA

Participating and taking an active stance in all of the Harvard Steering Committee meetings, Betsy Corridan led the charge among sorority executives to join the fight in supporting and advocating for the rights of students. From strategy development to intentional messaging, to fundraising and settlement discussions, Corridan was a dominant voice in helping to bring the sorority experience back to Harvard. With countless one-on-one conversations and a passion for the work at hand, she unquestionably advanced the Greek-letter movement through these efforts, all while leading Kappa Alpha Theta as their CEO and Executive Director – a role she has held for almost 40 years.
2022 Silver Medal Honoree
Dr. Dawn Wiese
DELTA DELTA DELTA

With a sincere commitment to the advancement and success of college students, Dr. Dawn Wiese has dedicated her work to furthering robust research about the fraternal experience. Her work has been a catalyst for moving advocacy for fraternities from anecdotes to peer-reviewed research studies and it has provided fraternal organizations and institutions with facts that show how fraternities directly benefit students, alumni and the bottom line of higher education. Wiese is passionate about advancing student development and never turns down a request to engage in efforts to create, educate, communicate, promote or coordinate any research effort that strengthens the overall student experience, with full recognition that through fraternities and sororities the overall college experience is significantly stronger.
2021 Gold Medal Honoree
Mark E. Timmes
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, PI KAPPA PHI

As Pi Kappa Phi’s Chief Executive Officer for 27 years, Mark Timmes has undeniably had a remarkable impact through his commitment to Pi Kappa Phi and the greater industry through work with the NIC, Southeastern Greek Leadership Association, Fraternity Executives Association and other industry groups. He has been a steadfast leader — his involvement is not in name or position only; his contributions are measured in action and legacy.
Timmes is one of the most well-respected, experienced, and supportive leaders in the fraternity industry. He is a devoted, life-long mentor, influencer, advocate and friend to many fraternity members and supporters. A true champion of the fraternity movement, Timmes does this work for the right reason and with no ego. He operates off the fundamental belief that work to advance the fraternity and sorority experience cannot happen without the greater community of inter/national organizations.
2021 Silver Medal Honoree
Linda Wright
FRATERNAL LIABILITY MANAGER, CREATIVE RISK SOLUTIONS

Linda Wright has been helping national fraternity headquarters, fraternity chapters and individual fraternity members navigate the difficult world of litigation for 30 years. She has spoken at countless fraternity leadership programs as well as headquarters staff training events. She believes strongly in the value of the fraternity experience and has been a vigorous advocate.
Wright has earned top accreditation and is a trusted source of information in risk and claims cases. But more importantly, she is a strong advocate for fraternity and sincerely believes in the benefits of fraternity membership for college men. She defends fraternal organizations and individual members in the most difficult circumstances. She truly cares about the people she works with and is part of the fraternal family.
2020 Silver Medal Honoree
Keith J. Steiner
PAST CHAIRMAN, DELTA TAU DELTA EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION

A life-long volunteer for the Delta Tau Delta fraternity and foundation, Keith J. Steiner has served his brothers and the fraternal community with intelligence and humble leadership. After a 12 year professional career with Delta Tau Delta, he went to work for UBS, where he has remained for 35 years. He has been an incredible asset to the fraternal industry through his finance career, managing dozens of fraternal institutional endowments and serving as a conscientious partner to many organizations and their leaders. Throughout this time he has also served Delta Tau Delta directly as President of the Northern Division, International Secretary and Chairman of the Delta Tau Delta Educational Foundation. For the past 50 years, Keith has been the consummate fraternity gentlemen.
Past Recipients
Past Medal Recipients
Year | Recipient | Organization |
---|---|---|
1940 | Alvan E. Duerr | Delta Tau Delta |
1941 | H. Maurice Darling | Delta Kappa Epsilon |
1946 | Lloyd G. Balfour | Sigma Chi |
1947 | John Moseley | Sigma Alpha Epsilon |
1948 | G. Herbert Smith | Beta Theta Pi |
1949 | Leroy A. Wilson | Lambda Chi Alpha |
1950 | Joseph A. Bursley | |
1951 | Arthur Ray Warnock | Beta Theta Pi |
1951 | Joseph A. Park | Alpha Tau Omega |
1951 | William R. Bayes | Phi Delta Theta |
1952 | Henry M. Wriston | Delta Tau Delta |
1953 | Verling C. Enteman | Delta Phi |
1954 | Frank H. Myers | Kappa Alpha Order |
1954 | Maurice Jacobs | Phi Epsilon Pi |
1955 | Cecil J. Wilkinson | Phi Gamma Delta |
1956 | Fred H. Turner | Sigma Alpha Epsilon |
1957 | Herbert L. Brown | Phi Sigma Kappa |
1957 | John M. McGregor | Alpha Tau Omega |
1959 | Horace G. Nichol | Delta Upsilon |
1960 | Francis S. Van Derbur | Kappa Sigma |
1961 | George S. Ward | Phi Delta Theta |
1962 | Herman B. Wells | Sigma Nu |
1962 | J. Edward Murphy | Sigma Nu |
1964 | Henry R. Johnston | Delta Kappa Epsilon |
1965 | Tom C. Clark | Delta Tau Delta |
1966 | Dr. Seth R. Brooks | Beta Theta Pi |
1966 | Joel W. Reynolds | Delta Tau Delta |
1967 | Roland Maxwell | Phi Kappa Tau |
1967 | Scott Turner | Psi Upsilon |
1968 | George Chapman | Theta Chi |
1969 | Houston T. Karnes | Lambda Chi Alpha |
1970 | J. Dwight Peterson | Sigma Chi |
1970 | Stewart D. Daniels | Alpha Tau Omega |
1971 | Joe Waggonner Jr. | Kappa Sigma |
1971 | Earl D. Rhodes | Theta Chi |
1972 | Robert W. Krovitz | Alpha Epsilon Pi |
1972 | Zeke L. Loflin | Theta Xi |
1975 | Tozier Brown | Lambda Chi Alpha |
1976 | John D. Miller | Phi Delta Theta |
1977 | Richard R. Fletcher | Sigma Nu |
1978 | George S. Toll | Alpha Epsilon Pi |
1979 | Ralph D. Daniel | Phi Kappa Psi |
1979 | George F. Patterson Jr. | Acacia |
1981 | Robert K. Ausman, M.D. | Alpha Epsilon Pi |
1982 | Dr. Norman Vincent Peale | Phi Gamma Delta |
1983 | Ronald Reagan | Tau Kappa Epsilon |
1984 | Harold Jacobsen | Sigma Pi |
1984 | Robert B. Stewart | Alpha Chi Rho |
1985 | Ewing T. Boles | Phi Kappa Tau |
1985 | Barry Goldwater | Sigma Chi |
1986 | Jack L. Anson | Phi Kappa Tau |
1987 | Dr. Ronald W. Roskens | Sigma Tau Gamma |
1987 | Richard H. Sudhelmer | Triangle |
1988 | Paul K. Addams | Alpha Chi Rho |
1988 | Sidney H. Guller | Sigma Alpha Mu |
1989 | Stanley I. Fishel | Zeta Beta Tau |
1989 | Williams S. Zerman | Phi Gamma Delta |
1990 | Dr. John L. Blackburn | Alpha Sigma Phi |
1991 | Dr. Karlem Riess | Phi Kappa Sigma |
1991 | Edwin L. Heminger | Delta Tau Delta |
1992 | William T. Bringham, CAE | Sigma Chi |
1992 | Robert J. Miller, CAE | Phi Delta Theta |
1992 | T.J. Schmitz, CAE | Tau Kappa Epsilon |
1992 | William P. Schwartz | Sigma Alpha Mu |
1993 | Howard R. Alter | Theta Chi |
1993 | Durward W. Owen | Pi Kappa Phi |
1993 | Henry B. Poor | Psi Upsilon |
1993 | George W. Spasyk | Lambda Chi Alpha |
1994 | Patrick I. Brown | Alpha Tau Omega |
1994 | Philip H. Cohen | Alpha Epsilon Pi |
1994 | Maureen S. Syring | Delta Gamma |
1994 | Ralph S. Rumsey | Zeta Psi |
1995 | Edward M. King | Sigma Chi |
1995 | Dr. William R. Nester | Pi Kappa Alpha |
1995 | Mary Peterson | Alpha Phi |
1996 | George Beck | Pi Lambda Phi |
1996 | Jean W. Scott | Pi Beta Phi |
1996 | Rodney Williams Jr. | Tau Kappa Epsilon |
1997 | Charles V. "Chuck" Loring | Phi Sigma Kappa |
1997 | Richard S. Simon | Zeta Beta Tau |
1998 | Hiliary H. Holloway | Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Inc. |
1998 | Russell G. Mawby | Alpha Gamma Rho |
1998 | Mary Burt Brooks Nash | Alpha Xi Delta |
1998 | Frank J. Ruck Jr. | Sigma Phi Epsilon |
1999 | Brian Brooks | Delta Sigma Phi |
2000 | Maurice “Mo” Littlefield | Sigma Nu |
2001 | President George W. Bush | Delta Kappa Epsilon |
2002 | Bill Muse | Tau Kappa Epsilon |
2004 | R. Keith Gilchrest | Alpha Kappa Lambda |
2004 | Idris Traylor | Kappa Alpha Order |
2004 | First Lady Laura Bush* | Kappa Alpha Theta |
2005 | Sidney Dunn | Alpha Epsilon Pi |
2005 | Gregory Hauser | Delta Chi |
2005 | William Jenkins | Phi Kappa Tau |
2006 | Jonathan Brant | Beta Theta Pi |
2006 | Edward A. Pease | Pi Kappa Alpha |
2007 | Phil Josephson | Alpha Gamma Rho |
2008 | Bill Bernier | Sigma Tau Gamma |
2009 | Raymond L. Orians | Pi Kappa Alpha |
2009 | Jon C. Williamson | Lambda Chi Alpha |
2010 | Wilford A. Butler | Delta Upsilon |
2010 | James Estes | Kappa Alpha Order |
2011 | Rick Barnes | FarmHouse |
2011 | Kenneth Tracey | Sigma Alpha Epsilon |
2011 | Jim Vredenburgh | Theta Xi |
2011 | Marc P. Katz | Alpha Epsilon Pi |
2012 | Raymond Galbreth | Delta Chi |
2012 | David Westol | Theta Chi |
2013 | James E. Greer, Jr. | Zeta Beta Tau |
2013 | Dr. Edward H. Hammond | Sigma Phi Epsilon |
2013 | Robert D. Lynd | Kappa Delta Rho |
2013 | Robert F. Marchesani Jr. | Phi Kappa Psi |
2014 | William E. Forester | Kappa Alpha Order |
2014 | Dr. Phillip Summers | Pi Kappa Phi |
2015 | Darold W. Larson | Acacia Fraternity |
2015 | Howard C. Pickett | Sigma Nu |
2015 | Norval B. Stephens, Jr. | Delta Tau Delta |
2016 | Robert Off | FarmHouse Fraternity |
2018 | Ned Kirklin | Kappa Sigma |
2019 | James B. Russell | Delta Tau Delta |
2019 | William A. Martin, III | Phi Gamma Delta |
2021 | Mark E. Timmes | Pi Kappa Phi |
2022 | Dr. Victor Boschini | Sigma Nu Fraternity |
2022 | Dr. Thomas Goodale | Sigma Alpha Epsilon |
Year | Recipient | Organization |
---|---|---|
1980 | Hugh D. Scott Jr. | Alpha Chi Rho |
1980 | Carroll K. Simons | Phi Kappa Sigma |
1980 | Marsh White | Delta Chi |
1981 | John J. Rhodes | Beta Theta Pi |
1982 | James H. McLaughlin | Zeta Psi |
1982 | Robert H. Shaffer | Sigma Chi |
1984 | Fred L. Dixon | Phi Gamma Delta |
1985 | James S Brady | Sigma Chi |
1985 | President George H. W. Bush | Delta Kappa Epsilon |
1985 | John W. Galbreath | Delta Tau Delta |
1986 | Dr. John W. Ryan | Kappa Sigma |
1987 | Ellison S. Onizuka | Triangle |
1987 | Samuel H. Shapiro | Alpha Epsilon Pi |
1989 | Edward M. King | Sigma Chi |
1989 | Eileen C. Stevens | Alpha Phi |
1990 | Edward A. Pease | Pi Kappa Alpha |
1992 | James E. Greer | Zeta Beta Tau |
1992 | Beth Saul | Alpha Epsilon Phi |
1992 | Dr. Ronald J. Taylor | Zeta Beta Tau |
1992 | Charles N. White Jr. | Sigma Phi Epsilon |
1993 | Wayne S. Colvin | Sigma Phi Epsilon |
1993 | Tom W. Devine | Sigma Alpha Epsilon |
1993 | Mike Posnick | Sigma Alpha Mu |
1994 | Robert F. Manley | Manley Burke & Fisher |
1994 | Jeff Linkenbach | Montana State University |
1995 | Jeffrey W. Shuck | Sigma Chi |
1996 | William N. LaForge | Pi Kappa Alpha |
1996 | David L. Westol | Theta Chi |
1997 | Joel Goldman | Sigma Alpha Mu |
1997 | Richard N. McKaig | Delta Chi |
1997 | T.J. Sullivan | Pi Kappa Phi |
1998 | Barbara B. Hollmann | Phi Mu |
1999 | John Horton | Phi Gamma Delta |
1999 | Nancy Leonard | Alpha Chi Omega |
2000 | Michael Gordon | Kappa Alpha Psi |
2000 | Robert L. Livingston | Delta Kappa Epsilon |
2001 | Robert Dole | Kappa Sigma |
2001 | Elizabeth Dole | Delta Delta Delta |
2001 | Richard Lugar | Beta Theta Pi |
2002 | Kevin O’Neill | Lambda Chi Alpha |
2002 | James J. Carey | Zeta Psi |
2002 | Don Mills | Texas Christian University |
2006 | Wynn Smiley | Alpha Tau Omega |
2007 | Stephanie Tubbs Jones | Delta Sigma Theta |
2007 | Pete Sessions | Pi Kappa Alpha |
2008 | Kent Gardner | Kappa Alpha Order |
2009 | Mark V. Anderson | Sigma Chi |
2009 | Mike Long | Sigma Nu |
2011 | Daniel Shaver | Sigma Chi |
2013 | Kim Novak | Delta Gamma |
2014 | Lori Hart | Alpha Omicron Pi |
2014 | Victor Felts | Sigma Chi |
2015 | Arthur J. Hurt III | Sigma Phi Epsilon |
2015 | James B. “Jim” Ewbank II | Phi Delta Theta |
2015 | John W. Hartman | Sigma Phi Epsilon |
2017 | Dr. Mari Ann Callais | Theta Phi Alpha |
2017 | Jean Mrasek | Chi Omega |
2017 | Greg Singleton | Kappa Alpha Order |
2017 | Bonnie Wunsch | Alpha Epsilon Phi |
2019 | John M. Green | Phi Kappa Tau |
2020 | Keith J. Steiner | Delta Tau Delta |
2021 | Linda Wright | Creative Risk Solutions |
2022 | Betsy Corridan | Kappa Alpha Theta |
2022 | Dr. Dawn Wiese | Delta Delta Delta |
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